Isolated from a panel in Amazing Spider-Man circa 98'.

Rough sketch for an illustration that I'll post further on in the future.

Pen and ink.
Another futuristic image inspired by the streets of NYC.

A cropped detail closeup of a larger image.

I gave the original ink drawing as part of artist / writer William Messner - Loeb's Benefit Book. The Auction for the original is set for the New York Comic-Con at the Jacob Javits Center, this February. The auction will be held on Feb 25th at 4 PM. The book link on the right side explains how the book came about.

I don't go to many conventions nowadays, but I'll probably be roaming about.

Detail of sketch below.



Used a Koh - I - Noor large diameter jumbo lead holder (red, hexagon plastic barrel) and india ink on a large sheet of drawing paper.

Akira Kurosawa was the first film maker I recall who used this powerful image of a warrior ( a samurai in that case) impaled with such a great number of arrows that they resembled walking pin cushions. Actual Third Crusade accounts contain descriptions of Templars looking like porcupines with all the arrows jutting out of their armor.

This sketch has the warrior with several spears broken off from a close quarter melee. Perhaps one just struck his shield a moment prior to this shot, and his body language shows him recovering from the impact.